by Carol Sanford | Jan 17, 2011 | Business Development
I have read every posting on Umair Haque’s blog for about six months now. That is rare for me. Even though I am a loyal person, this is not about loyalty but about deep meaning, innovation and practicality in the business sphere. Those three qualities are...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 12, 2011 | Business Development
John Broder’s story in yesterday’s New York Times, “Blunders Abounded Before Gulf Spill”, reports on the analysis seeking where to lay the blame for the spill. And it is clear the failure is systemic. The Lead-in: “The Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill in the...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 8, 2011 | Impact Investing
Gregory Zuckerman, Wall Street Journal special reporter, and author of The Greatest Trade Ever, just tweeted: “Spoke re my book at Peking University, great questions-Everyone’s a capitalist today in the East, even as capitalism is disparaged in West” @GZuckerman...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 7, 2011 | Impact Investing
The New York Times reports that, “Micro lending is losing its halo in many countries”. It was the darling of the economic development world and its greatest advocate won a Nobel Prize. The idea is excellent and is still working in many places. But there are two...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 4, 2011 | Business Development
The New York Times, Steven Greenhouse reports: “Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing...